Episode 28

Passionately Casual Podcast Ep. 28: Power Up!

A SWTOR Podcast for Unholy Alliance and Wookiee Mistake guilds on the Harbinger server. Our podcast is a proud member of MOG Nation!

Happy 2017, everybody! Our first podcast of the new year features a fabulous interview with Miranda Blu (@Miranda_Blu), a blogger and “possibilitarian” who has a passion for healthy mindsets, healthy habits, and healthy eating -and she’s a gamer to boot! (Trust us, we grilled her on all three).

Guild News

Companion Date Night

We have a lot going on as the new year gets started:

We had an in-game social event Saturday night (January 14th). We brought our fave companions and showed off their dance moves!

Wednesday fun nights are now a go! Join us for flashpoints, PVP and whatever other social activities the group decides to undertake.

The next HM prep operation is Saturday, June 14th at 8 PM PST (11 PM EST) right after the companion date night social. Check the guild calendar for details. Also remember that the Suicide Squad ops team is interviewing potentials. Details are on the website.

WOG started again last Friday and continues to be the fun-filled, easy-going ops night it has always been.

Game News

The deployment of the 5.1 patch is coming January 24th. It will feature five new Uprisings and Master Mode versions of all chapters in KotFE and KotET. Gear drops are also coming back to ops runs. Check out this post by Eric Musco for more details.

The next Developer Livestream will be January 26th. Check out the posted notes for the most recent SWTOR livestream here.
In Character
This month in episode 2 of In Character, Larry Everett discusses the basics of roleplay: Where to find it, what to do when you find it, and how to get more of it!
Community Highlights

Community Spotlight

Miranda Blu

This month we had a chance to speak with gamer and healthy lifestyle enthusiast Mirandu Blu. Miranda sees gaming as a metaphor for life and she helps us tap into strategies to level up and have fun!

Be sure to check out Miranda Blu’s blog at www.mirandablu.com. She has a lot of good thoughts to offer the gamer who wants to be happy, healthy and well adjusted.

Be sure to check out the other great SWTOR/Star Wars podcasts, blogs, and YouTube channels this month!

Despon of the Shadow Reconnaissance Wing sent us an email about their recent activities. Basically, they’ve launched a Youtube channel called GSF School. You can catch the first episode here:

All three of the hosts wanted to talk about the latest podcast to join our ranks: The State of the Old Republic (SOTOR) Podcast, hosted by the infinitely smooth Darkbrew (@TheBrewHall). You can find the SOTOR podcast Twitter page at @sotorpodcast and the latest episode here.

Star Wars: The Old Republic Galactic Timeline Mini Movie

Galactic Timeline is a series of in-universe videos that provides backstory for the Star Wars: The Old Republic video game. They are presented in the form of record entries made in the Jedi Archives by Jedi Master Gnost-Dural who narrates the history of the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order.

And we touched briefly on the CGI version of Tarkin in Rogue One, but we didn’t discuss it in depth so as not to spoil it for those who haven’t seen it yet. More on this next episode. For now, here’s how they did it.